Identify a specific part of the book that caused an emotional response and explain how it made you feel and why ( something confusing, disturbing, humorous, etc.).
August 11, 2011
5. Critique:
Did you like or dislike the book? Explain.
Would you recommend this book to someone else? Why or why not?
August 10, 2011
3. Themes:
What are the themes or issues (world peace, friendship, good vs. evil, family, overcoming adversity, etc.)
What lessons or ideas was the writer trying to communicate to the reader?
Why are these important?
August 9, 2011
4. Quotes
Select a quote or part of a passage that sparks your interest or catches your attention. Talk about what emotions were going through your head at the time you first read it and how it made you feel. Explain why the excerpt stood out for you.
Copy the excerpt with the page number and who said it (this could be the narrator)
AUGUST 4, 2011
If you could sit with any character in your book who would you choose and what would you ask them? What would you talk about?
August 3,
Why do we read?
Thursday, July 28
2. Make a connection today about your book ( text to text, text to self, text to world). Pick ONE of these to address. Explain the connection.
How can you relate to the book, an event or character (text to self)?
How does this book, and event or character relate to another text (text to text)?
How does this book relate to a world event (text to world)?
Tuesday, July 26
1. Summarize your book in 3 sentences or less, explain the plot of your book (do not give away the ending) and then comment or ask questions on someone elses book ( Use your book title as the discussion topic)
Monday, July 25
How do you find a just-right book?
How do you read so your mind doesn't wander?
What are two things good readers do?
What makes a high quality blog entry?
Refers back to the book
Give 2-3 details or examples
spelling/usage doesn't get in the way of meaning
tells how you think/feel or connects to the world around you
Reading Strategies
Thinking Strategies
August 15, 2011
4. Emotional response:
Identify a specific part of the book that caused an emotional response and explain how it made you feel and why ( something confusing, disturbing, humorous, etc.).
August 11, 2011
5. Critique:
Did you like or dislike the book? Explain.
Would you recommend this book to someone else? Why or why not?
August 10, 2011
3. Themes:
What are the themes or issues (world peace, friendship, good vs. evil, family, overcoming adversity, etc.)
What lessons or ideas was the writer trying to communicate to the reader?
Why are these important?
August 9, 2011
4. Quotes
Select a quote or part of a passage that sparks your interest or catches your attention. Talk about what emotions were going through your head at the time you first read it and how it made you feel. Explain why the excerpt stood out for you.
Copy the excerpt with the page number and who said it (this could be the narrator)
AUGUST 4, 2011
If you could sit with any character in your book who would you choose and what would you ask them? What would you talk about?
August 3,
Why do we read?
Thursday, July 28
2. Make a connection today about your book ( text to text, text to self, text to world). Pick ONE of these to address. Explain the connection.
How can you relate to the book, an event or character (text to self)?
How does this book, and event or character relate to another text (text to text)?
How does this book relate to a world event (text to world)?
Tuesday, July 26
1. Summarize your book in 3 sentences or less, explain the plot of your book (do not give away the ending) and then comment or ask questions on someone elses book ( Use your book title as the discussion topic)
Monday, July 25
How do you find a just-right book?
How do you read so your mind doesn't wander?
What are two things good readers do?
What makes a high quality blog entry?
Refers back to the book
Give 2-3 details or examples
spelling/usage doesn't get in the way of meaning
tells how you think/feel or connects to the world around you